In the Twilight of 2007

It's almost over. 2007 is one of the shortest-feeling years I can remember. I've been so busy, it has just flown by! I have done more than ever before, and I feel great for it.

Paintings... I suddenly wish I had kept a list as I finished paintings, including the date, just so I could track my progress. I do know that over the past 2 years I have painted more than in my whole life before that. This year has carried its share (offhand I can count 12), and I'm not done yet! Hopefully I will begin "Kiss IX" during the next several days, in-between Christmas and my son's birthday.

The first painting I finished in 2007 was "Kiss VI" – it is a portrait of a friend with his infant son.




The last painting I finished is "Penguin Family," which has been done for over a month now, I really love them. It's so fun to explore and evolve, with the pengins, my colors and blending became much subtler than most of what I've painted this year. If you can see the background in this, it's got blue in it, but is almost white. I will take a better picture when I get it back from the show in Brooksville, it'll be hanging there until February 12th. Unless, of course, it sells!


Life inbetween "Kiss VI" and "Penguin Family" has been jam-packed. I joined the new art-marketing salon, OoHA, which has been instrumental in keeping me motivated with painting as well as helped me learn the art business in leaps. I took the seat of President for the Greater Ocala Advertising Federation. So far besides managing the month-to-month operations and growing the club, I have gone to three district conferences and a leadership retreat. I have also had visits to Fort Lauderdale, Titusville, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando... so I've been traversing Florida. My kids both started new schools and have daily homework added to our routine. I've continued working at Ocala Magazine as the full-time base to all of that. Somewhere between all of that and a fairly active social life, my house hasn't fallen apart. Thanks for the small miracles!

This is a good beginning to what will be a longer exploration of my 2007 progress that I will make before setting goals for 2008. Cheers to everyone, I'm looking forward to more success, more art, more fun!